In plain words
So before the serpent of time strikes, before the boat of life sinks, before this boat springs leaks and falls to pieces, we must make a fitting effort to attain that Divinity. We must not waste time. Time waits for no one. Time does not follow you. It is you who must follow time. The One beyond time is God. Only when we take refuge in that Divinity can we understand the principle of the Ātma, which is Divinity. So today our offerings, today our pūjās, today our prayers are trying, with tricks, to deceive even God. God is not caught by such displays or by such Ahaṅkāra. As long as there is Ahaṅkāra, you cannot recognise the principle of the Ātma. The day you root out Ahaṅkāra, that very day you will have the vision of the Ātma. Ahaṅkāra is like a thick crust. Until you root out that screen completely, you will not gain the Ānanda of the Ātma.
Embodiments of Prema! Root out the Ahaṅkāra that is in us. About whom are you full of Ahaṅkāra? How big is your Ahaṅkāra? Looking at so vast a universe, what Ajñāna it is for you to be proud! In what are you strong? Strong in body? Strong in virtue? Strong in work? Strong in wealth? Strong in learning? In what is he strong? Is a strong man without the strength of God strong? No, he is weak. So whatever we do, to regard all of it as the strength of God is the right path. In that alone does Śānti come to us. In wealth there is no Śānti for us. With learning there is no Śānti for us. With authority there is no Śānti. It only ties more on and pushes us into many kinds of bonds; it does not make one fearless. Only one who trusts in God is fearless; he alone is free of fear. Those who do not so believe are all weak. We are seeing the plight they are in. So, growing in faith in God and contemplating Divinity, lead your life in Divinity. You may keep this reading and writing as well. But what is the mistake we really make? With the intelligence meant for seeking God, we go after money. With the intelligence that should seek the Ātma, we are seeking food. If the Ātma is there, everything is there. To seek food without seeking the Ātma is sheer Ajñāna, is it not? If someone gives you a mirror to look at your own face and you put that mirror before another's face, how will your face appear? You turn this mirror on everyone else, but you make no effort to look at yourself. Blessed is he who searches out his own fault. Blessed is he who sees his own wrongdoing. Blessed is he who sees the good in others.